Gynecologic malignancies in older women

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 580-586

  Mirhashemi, Ramin ^a,b   Nieves Neira, Wilberto ^b   Averette, Hervy E ^c,d  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Gynecologic Oncology   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVARY TUMOR; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VULVA TUMOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035349848     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Kinsella K, Suzman R, Robine JM, et al: Demography of older populations in developed countries, in Grimley Evans J, Franklin Williams T, Lynn Beattie B, et al (eds): Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine, 2nd edition, pp 7-19. United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 2000.
2. Berg RL, Cassells JS (eds): The Second Fifty Years: Promoting Health and Preventing Disability. Report of a study undertaken by the Committee on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for the Second Fifty, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC, National Academy Press, 1990.
3. Pearse WH, Snyder Taggart M: The female patient in the 21st century; demographics, disease risks, and defining characteristics. Female Patient 25:23-37, 2000.
4. US Bureau of the Census: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1998, 118th ed. Washington, DC, 1998.
5. National Cancer Institute: Annual cancer statistics review, including cancer trends: 1950-1985. Bethesda, Md, National Institutes of Health, 1989.
6. Holmes FF, Hearne E: Cancer stage-to-age relationship: Implications for cancer screening in the elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc 29:55-57, 1981.
7. Goodwin JS, Samet JM, Key CR, et al: Stage at diagnosis of cancer varies with the age of the patient. J Am Geriatr Soc 34:20-26, 1986.
8. Celentano DD, Shapiro S, Weisman CS: Cancer preventive screening behavior among elderly women. Prev Med 11:454-463, 1982.
9. Grover SA, Cook EF, Adam J, et al: Delayed diagnosis of gynecologic tumors in elderly women: Relation to national medical practice patterns. Am J Med 86:151, 1989.
10. Yancik R, Ries LG, Yates JW: Ovarian cancer in the elderly: An analysis of surveillance, epidemiology, and end results program data. Am J Obstet Gynecol 154:639-647, 1986.
11. Kennedy AW, Flagg JS, Webster KD: Gynecologic cancer in the very elderly. Gynecol Oncol 32:49-54, 1989.
12. Health Concerns Across a Woman's Lifespan: The Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Women's Health. New York, The Commonwealth Fund, 1999.
13. Womeodu RJ, Bailey JE: Barriers to cancer screening. Med Clin North Am 80:115-133, 1996.
14. Woodwell DA: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 1996 Summary. Advance Data From Vital and Health Statistics, No. 295. Hyattsville, Md, National Center for Health Statistics, 1997.
15. Mandelblatt JS, Yabroff KR: Breast and cervical cancer screening for older women: Recommendations and challenges for the 21st century. J Am Med Womens Assoc 55:210-215, 2000.
16. Chen F, Trapido EJ, Davia K: Differences in stage at presentation of breast and gynecologic cancers among whites, blacks, and Hispanics. Cancer 73:2838-2842, 1994.
17. Ferrante JM, Gonzalez EC, Roetzheim RG, et al: Clinical and demographic predictors of late-stage cervical cancer. Arch Fam Med 9:439-445, 2000.
18. Parazzini F, Negri E, La Vecchia C, et al: Screening practices and invasive cervical cancer risk in different age strata. Gynecol Oncol 38:76-80, 1990.
19. Boyce JG, Fruchter RG, Romanzi L, et al: The fallacy of the screening interval for cervical smears. Obstet Gynecol 76:627-632, 1990.